The Front Row, 08/07/2007

The final conversation in our series "Big versus Small: Issues in Design Aesthetics" takes a look at the trees lining Main Street & Old Spanish Trail. And Dean's back! Regular host Dean Dalton shares with us music & stories from the past few days on the KUHF Arts Tour . . .

Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freisch?tz - The Free Shooter was one of the operasÎ¾recently attendedÎ¾byÎ¾the KUHF Arts Tour group in Austria.Î¾Î¾ We enjoy a recording of the Overture here.Î¾ ListenÎ¾ Download

TFR producer Bob Stevenson welcomes backÎ¾Dean Dalton, as our hostÎ¾recapsÎ¾good times & good music from the concluding days on the KUHF Arts & Performance Tour.Î¾ ListenÎ¾ Download

Pianist Andr?s Schiff & cellist Mikl?s Per?nyiÎ¾were among the musicians heard by Dean & company at the Salzburg Festival.Î¾ Here's a recording, by them, of the very piece they played in concert:Î¾ Beethoven's Sonata in F major, Op. 5, No. 1 (Mvt. 2).Î¾ ListenÎ¾ Download

Host Dean Dalton, architect Thomas DiehlÎ¾and KatharineÎ¾Lordof Trees for Houston,Î¾all meet at theÎ¾corner of Main StreetÎ¾& Old Spanish Trail to discuss what this location can teach us aboutÎ¾urban design.Î¾ ListenÎ¾ Download